021 大三开学

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September 10

9月10日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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School opens in about two weeks

学校大约两周后开学。

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I'll be glad to start working again, although I've worked quite a bit this summer

虽然这个夏天我已经做了不少事，但能重新开始学习我还是很高兴。

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I wrote six short stories and seven poems

我写了六个短篇故事和七首诗。

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I sent some to magazines, but they were all quickly rejected

我寄了一些给杂志社，但全都被迅速退稿了。

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Jervie read a few of my stories when he was here

杰维在这儿的时候，读了几篇我写的故事。

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He brought the mail in every day, so I couldn't hide the rejection letters from him

他每天都会把邮件拿进来，所以我没法对他藏起那些退稿信。

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" What's this, another rejection?" Jervie tossed a thick envelope at me

“这是什么，又被退稿了？”杰维把一个厚厚的信封扔给我。

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I glanced at the return address

我瞥了一眼回信地址。

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It was from a magazine in New York." Yep," I replied

是纽约一家杂志寄来的。“对，”我回答。

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" Open it," Jervie said

“打开看看，”杰维说。

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I opened the envelope and read the brief note

我打开信封，读了那简短的回信。

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" My story isn't quite right for them," I said

“我的故事不太适合他们，”我说。

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" But I don't mind. Writing the story was good practice."

“不过我不介意。写这篇故事本身就是很好的练习。”

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" Let me see your story."

“让我看看你的故事。”

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Jervie took it and sat down in the parlor

杰维接过去，在客厅里坐了下来。

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I paced in front of him while he read

他看的时候，我在他面前走来走去。

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" I don't care that it was rejected," I mumbled

“我不在乎被退稿，”我小声嘟囔着。

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" But I really hope you like it."

“但我真的很希望你喜欢它。”

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" Judy, this story is dreadful!" Jervie looked up at me

“朱迪，这个故事糟透了！”杰维抬头看着我。

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" It's even worse than the last one you sent out

“比你上次寄出去的那篇还要差。

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You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about!

你完全不知道自己在说什么！

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People don't act like this in the city!"

城里人可不是这样的！”

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I laughed." Don't worry about hurting my feelings!

我笑了。“别担心伤了我的感情！

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Just blurt out the awful truth." I said, making a face at him

尽管把糟糕的真相说出来吧。”我朝他做了个鬼脸说道。

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What else could I do?

不然我还能怎么样呢？

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Jervie tried to hide a smile

杰维想忍住笑。

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" What are you working on now?"

“你现在在写什么？”

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" A story set at college

“一个发生在大学的故事。

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But I don't want to show it to you, if you're just going to make fun of it."

但如果你只是要取笑它，我不想给你看。”

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I snatched my story from his hand

我从他手里一把夺过我的故事。

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" At least you know something about college," he muttered

“至少你对大学还有点了解，”他咕哝道。

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" It might be more convincing than the one you sent to the magazine."

“这比你投给杂志社的那篇可能更有说服力。”

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" Well, maybe I'll let you see it when I'm finished."

“嗯，等我写完了，也许会让你看看。”

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So a couple days later, I showed him my new story

于是过了几天，我把新写的故事拿给他看了。

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Amazingly, he liked it!

令人惊讶的是，他居然喜欢！

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He had a secretary type it for me, and I sent it to a magazine

他让秘书帮我打出来，我就把它寄给了一家杂志社。

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But I haven't heard anything yet

但到现在还没任何回音。

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At least it wasn't rejected right away!

至少它没被马上退稿！

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Jervie has gone back to New York City

杰维已经回纽约市了。

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Everybody misses him, especially me

大家都很想念他，尤其是我。

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I'm finding Mrs. Semple's conversation pretty boring

我觉得森普尔太太的谈话相当无聊。

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Yours ever

你永远的，

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Judy

茱蒂

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September 14

9月14日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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The postman just arrived with two letters for me

邮递员刚到，给我送来了两封信。

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The magazine accepted my story and will pay me fifty dollars

杂志接受了我的故事，将会付我五十美元。

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I'm an AUTHOR!

我是作家了！

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The second letter is from the college

第二封信是大学寄来的。

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I've won a scholarship that will pay for my tuition and board for two years

我获得了一笔奖学金，可以支付我两年的学费和食宿费。

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The scholarship is for someone who has done exceptionally well in English and has also succeeded in other subjects

这项奖学金是颁发给英语成绩特别优异，同时其他科目也表现良好的人。

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I applied at the end of the school year

我是在学年末申请的。

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But I was afraid I wouldn't get it because I'd failed those two exams my freshman year

但我之前担心拿不到，因为我大一的时候有两门考试没通过。

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Now I won't be such a burden to you

现在我不会再是你的负担了。

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All I'll need is my monthly allowance

我只需要每月的零用钱就够了。

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I can probably make that amount writing or tutoring

我大概可以通过写作或做家教来赚到那笔钱。

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So I'll eventually be able to pay you back

所以，我最终是能够回报你的。

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I can't wait for school to start!

我真等不及要开学了！

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Yours ever

你永远的，

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Jerusha Abbott, author of " When the Sophomores Won the Game "

茱蒂·阿伯特，《二年级生赢得比赛之时》的作者

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September 26

9月26日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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I'm back at college, where I am now a junior!

我回学校了，现在是大三学生啦！

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I'm rooming with Sallie and Julia again

我又和莎莉、茱莉亚同住了。

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Our room is very nice this year

我们今年的房间很不错。

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Julia, who has an unlimited allowance, spent a lot of money on furniture and rugs

茱莉亚的零花钱没有上限，她花了很多钱买家俱和地毯。

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I have been busy hemming curtains for our study, and welcoming back fifty dear friends

我一直忙着给我们书房缝窗帘，还迎接了五十位好朋友回来。

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I'm also unpacking two trunks full of clothes

我也正在打开两个装满衣服的箱子。

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Quite a change from when I arrived here two years ago!

和我两年前刚到这里时相比，变化真大！

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I received your letter — I mean, your secretary's letter

我收到了你的信——我是说，你秘书的信。

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I know you don't want me to pay you back

我知道你不想让我还你钱。

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But I want to do that

但我想这么做。

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And with this scholarship, I'll owe you less money than I once thought

有了这笔奖学金，我欠你的钱会比之前想的少。

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I don't understand your objections to the scholarship

我不明白你为什么反对我拿奖学金。

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But it doesn't matter because I've already accepted the scholarship

不过也没关系，因为我已经接受了。

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Affectionately

爱你的，

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Judy

朱迪

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September 30

9月30日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔：

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I can't believe you're still complaining about that scholarship

真不敢相信你还在抱怨那笔奖学金。

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I never knew such a stubborn man

我从没见过这么固执的人。

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You say that I shouldn't accept gifts from strangers

你说我不该接受陌生人的礼物。

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Well, what do you think you are?

那你觉得你自己算什么呢？

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I wouldn't know you if I met you on the street!

就算在街上遇见你，我也认不出你！

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Besides, this scholarship isn't a gift

再说，这奖学金不是礼物。

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It's more like a prize that I've earned

它更像是我努力赢得的奖励。

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I refuse to give up the scholarship

我拒绝放弃奖学金。

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And if you keep bothering me about it, I won't accept your allowance

如果你再为这事烦我，我就不要你的零用钱了。

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I'll spend endless hours tutoring freshmen

我会花无数个小时去给新生补课。

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You say that if I take the scholarship, I'm depriving another girl of an education

你说如果我拿了奖学金，就剥夺了另一个女孩受教育的机会。

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If you care so much about educating girls, send another orphan to college!

要是你这么关心女孩的教育，那就送另一个孤儿去上大学吧！

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I've given in to your demands in the past

过去我一直对你的要求让步。

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But this time I will stand FIRM

但这一次，我立场坚定。

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Yours, with my mind completely made up

心意已决的，

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Jerusha Abbott

杰露莎·阿博特